GNU Phantom.Home

GNU Phantom.Home is a computer controlled home automation system. The software includes a circuit diagram for building the Phantom.Home.Controller, a simple circuit board that attaches to your PC's parallel port. Using the combination of hardware/software you can control (i.e. flip on or off) nearly any 120V device. And with a little bit of electronics know-how, you can probably control nearly any device at any voltage by modifying the circuit board to meet your needs. The simple circuit included can be created and built for around $25. The modules cost around $10 (basically a heavy duty relay).

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Recent releases

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• 1.00

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•  30 Jan 2001 06:12
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Release Notes: Phantom.Home is now out of beta. The manual is now available in HTML & PDF.

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• Beta0.70

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•  30 Jan 2001 06:12
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Release Notes: Phantom.Home is no longer the CPU hog it previously was.

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• Beta0.62a

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•  30 Jan 2001 06:12
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Release Notes: Autolighting support (turn on/off any Phantom.Home-controlled appliance just by opening the door).

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• Beta0.60

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•  30 Jan 2001 06:12
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Release Notes: Initial announcement.

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Recent comments

15 Nov 2011 04:16 jimmered22

The emergence of home automation and smart home products has increased greatly recently. I recently became very interested in these subjects and i actually came across sabinessmarthome.com, the site is great and i definitely recommend it

15 Mar 2002 18:32 csharph

Why not use X10?
From what I understand, you would need place all your appliances close to your computer or have lots of wires around your house. But why not use X10 or and a program like heyu? Plus, lights are a lot funner to dim than to switch on and off.